The Catholics Are BIG TIME Mad At Me…

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Well folks, I knew it would get bad when I posted an article yesterday telling Catholics they should not be praying to Mary….

I just didn’t know it would get this bad.

They are BIG TIME mad at me, and they’re throwing everything but the kitchen sink at me.

It all started when I posted this video of a Catholic Priest telling us that of course it’s ok to pray to Mary because sometimes Jesus just get’s too busy!

Watch here:

It’s such a bad take, I almost don’t even know where to begin…

Is this what they are teaching now in Seminaries?

The irony is, it reminds me exactly of Elijah taunting the prophets of Ba’al in 1 Kings 18.  Remember this?

27 At noon Elijah began to taunt them. “Shout louder!” he said. “Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or traveling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened.”

The sad irony though is that this was Elijah taunting the other prophets for their inept “god”.

How far we’ve fallen since then….

Now we have a Catholic Priest who must not have ever read this chapter of the Bible trying to promote what Elijah used as mockery as doctrine to support praying to Mary.

So sad!

And in case we need it, here’s a backup:

We have over 250 comments to that article (and counting) and not one single person even attempted to defend such a ridiculous statement that “Jesus just gets too busy sometimes!” … but they did vigorously defend their ability to pray to Mary, to pray to Angels, and to pray to “the Saints”.

And they’re very serious about it….

I think I could easily tell them to stop praying to Jesus and they’d be fine with it, but tell them to stop praying to Mary or to Angels or to “the Saints” and it’s like a bomb goes off!

They come up with some VERY interesting ideas on why this is a good idea….

Like this one — where a longtime reader and otherwise good guy it seems — is putting forth the idea that everyone in Heaven is now perfected and glorified and sinless and so if THEY pray for us, then their prayers are more effective than us praying to Jesus directly:

If you ask me, that is wildly blasphemous and cheapens Jesus’ finished work on the cross, but that’s what these people believe.

It’s always “Jesus Plus” something…

Jesus plus the glorified Saints!

Jesus plus Mary!

If you ask me, “Jesus Plus” anything is a dangerous route to go down.

This one takes a similar approach, saying because it’s such a tough process to be declared a Saint by the Catholic church, that if you can make it through that process then of course it’s ok for you to be prayed to:

Again, seems wildly blasphemous to me.

I believe the Bible makes it quite clear that Jesus does not share his glory with anyone….

Not with Mary.

Not with “the Saints”.

Not with “a Saint”.

Not with Angels.

Isaiah 42:8 (NIV): “I am the Lord; that is my name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols.”

Others got very angry and started cursing at me:

I’m not entirely sure what a “boofhead” is, but it doesn’t sound good!

I wonder if his “one true church” tells him to speak like that?

Seems rather uncouth to me!

The same guy then followed up with another banger, referring to Mary as the “Queen of Heaven”:

Oh my!

So now she’s the Queen of Heaven?

That sounded rather blasphemous to me, so I looked into it and it turns out the “Queen of Heaven” in the Bible is commonly associated with the “goddess” Ishtar:

Who Is the “Queen of Heaven”?
Historical and Cultural Background
In the ancient Near East, the title “Queen of Heaven” was used to refer to a prominent goddess associated with fertility, love, and sometimes war. Scholars most commonly identify her with deities such as Ishtar (in the Mesopotamian tradition) or Astarte (in the Canaanite and Egyptian context). These goddesses were revered in various cultures surrounding ancient Israel.

Biblical Context
In Jeremiah 44, the people in Egypt who were of Judahite origin confess that their ancestors had engaged in the worship of this goddess. Their continued practice of offering incense and making offerings to the “queen of heaven” is portrayed as a flagrant violation of the exclusive worship that God (Yahweh) demands. The prophet Jeremiah uses this reference to highlight the idolatry that had led to their downfall and exile. In the eyes of the biblical writer, turning to the “queen of heaven” was a sign of unfaithfulness and rebellion against God.

Significance in the Prophetic Message

Idolatry and Apostasy: Jeremiah condemns the practice because it reflects a deeper spiritual rebellion. The worship of any deity other than Yahweh—especially one so closely tied to the religious practices of surrounding pagan nations—was seen as a betrayal of the covenant relationship between God and His people.

Cultural Syncretism: The passage shows how some of the Jewish exiles were influenced by the religious customs of Egypt. This blending of beliefs (syncretism) was common in ancient times, but the prophets consistently warned that it led to moral and spiritual decay.

Divine Judgment: By referencing the “queen of heaven,” Jeremiah underscores the seriousness of abandoning the worship of the true God. The ensuing calamities described in the chapter are interpreted as consequences of this unfaithfulness.

In summary, the “queen of heaven” in Jeremiah 44 represents a pagan goddess—likely connected to Ishtar or Astarte—whom certain groups among the Jewish exiles in Egypt continued to worship. This practice is sharply criticized in the text as it symbolizes a departure from the worship of Yahweh and serves as an example of the idolatry that ultimately brought divine judgment.

So I think calling Mary the “Queen of Heaven” is probably a bad idea….definitely bad theology.

Others told me that praying to Mary is just “another route to get God’s grace”:

I mean, I think that is almost the textbook definition of heresy….

John 14:6: “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

Jesus never said there are multiple paths…

Even as great and special as Mary was, Jesus never said she was another acceptable path.

To say that is blasphemy.

Others got more creative, trying to use parables….this one says of course it’s ok to pray to Mary and “the Saints” and Angels because they’re all God’s children and so doesn’t God want us to give our attention to his children?

Sorry, but no….the Bible gives us no indication that God wants to share his glory and attention with his children.

In fact, it says quite the opposite:

Isaiah 42:8 (NIV): “I am the Lord; that is my name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols.”

Others seem to believe that Jesus and Mary have almost somehow merged and become one: “His flesh is her flesh, His blood is her blood”:

I’m sorry, but I see no evidence of this in the Bible.

Mary was special and played a special role, but she did not “merge” with Jesus.

Mary is not Jesus.

Mary is not above Jesus.

Mary is not equal to Jesus.

And then this email came in:

I just wanted to reach out to you personally as a devout Catholic about Catholics praying to Mary. I know you’re not Catholic, so I understand your stance on praying to Mary if you are not Catholic, but I pray to the Holy Spirit that my words of explanation touch your heart in some way to understand the Catholic position.  I say this to you because I want to be with you and every human being in Heaven for all eternity.  Imagine being in Heaven with no more evil, pain, and every unpleasant thing we can think of and just joy and happiness with God for all eternity.  But, we must have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and my prayer for you and anyone is that the Holy Spirit leads you to the Catholic Church where we have Our Lord, His precious body, soul, blood, and divinity, in the Eucharist in every Catholic Church around the world.  So many people have converted to the Catholic Church by having an open heart to the Truth, who is a person, Jesus Christ Himself, as Jesus says in the Bible, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life.”

I want to apologize for any Catholic who is being unkind or “mad” at you about praying to Mary. I will pray for you. The priest that you referenced is very good.  Our Catholic belief is that God the Father picked Mary before all time for her womb to be the sacred vessel that Our Blessed Lord would be conceived and grown in since Jesus is God Himself.  Mary is the worst terror of satan himself because of her closeness to God the Father, being the spouse of the Holy Spirit, and Mother to Jesus Christ Himself.  God the Father cannot say no to Mary because of her yes to be the Mother of Our Lord which led to Heaven becoming available to us humans.  Without Mary’s yes to God the Father to be the Mother of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world, through His messenger, St. Gabriel the Archangel, we humans would not have had Heaven to be in for all eternity.  This is why we pray to Our Blessed Mother and why she is so special and she takes our prayers to Jesus and God the Father.  Our Catholic Faith tells us that God the Father cannot say no to his beloved daughter, Mary, and satan fears her the most, so Mary will protect us from him.  There are also countless testimonies of Catholic priests who are exorcists who expel demons and satan from possessed people and the demons have said that they are afraid of Mary.

I hope that I didn’t overwhelm you.  I hope that my explanations came across of how much I love  and am so happy and feel blessed and unworthy of so great a privilege as to be born and baptized a Catholic and raised in a Catholic Family who taught me this beautiful Faith.  If you are curious and can attend a Traditional Latin Mass in your area, I would encourage you to in order to experience Heaven on Earth.

God bless you, Noah,

Note, I’ve kept the name confidential because I do not want to expose any identities and because I think this person is very sweet, very kind and very well meaning.

But I publish it (anonymously) only to show you the wide-ranging things I am getting bombarded with when I suggest you should not be praying to Mary.

The Mary worship runs DEEP.

I bolded a few parts up above that concern me and note these beliefs are NOT unique to the person who sent me this email.  I see them raised over and over again from Catholics when this topic comes up.

Read the second bolded part above where it says God the Father is helpless to say no to Mary, almost as if she holds some spell over him, and he basically grants her anything she asks.

Folks, I’m sorry but this is EXTREMELY bad theology.

I’m not even a theologian, but even I know this is bad.

As special as she may be, Mary does not command some spell over God the Father where he “cannot say no to her”.

Mary is a CREATED being.

We do not pray to created beings.

Created beings do not become equal to, or in this case greater than, God.

This is just really, really bad.

As I said, I believe the person who sent me this is very kind and well meaning, so I wrote back with two questions:

1. Do you believe that Christians who are not Catholic but who believe in Jesus Christ go to heaven?
2. Do you worship Mary?

The answers came back as follows:

1) I believe that is between God and the individual person regarding whether a person goes to Heaven or not.  Our Catholic Church teaches that there is no salvation outside the Catholic Church since it is the true Church of Jesus Christ that was established after His Holy Death snd Resurrection.  I also know that in our Catholic Faith it is the sin of presumption and the sin of judging another person in the wrong way to say someone is definitely going to Heaven or hell because that is something only Jesus can determine at the time of that person’s death when that person could have a conversion and tell Jesus they desire Him and Heaven and so are saved.  With God, all things are possible with salvation and anything else.  God loves all of his creatures and wants all of us in Heaven, but Heaven is not automatic and we Catholics believe that in order to go to be saved, we have to be in a state of grace by going to Confession on a regular basis and going through the Sacraments and attending Holy Mass every Sunday and Holy Days of obligation.  It’s rigorous, but very beautiful and a wonderful, peaceful existence, even in the midst of total chaos like we Americans are experiencing in the world right now.  Thank God for President Trump!  Thank you for reporting on him.

2)  No, we, Catholics do not worship Mary.  We venerate her which means we acknowledge her closeness to Jesus and her intercessory role in salvation history.  I understand that this is a really hard point for people who aren’t Catholic.  I truly understand that.  I had a reversion back to my Faith in 2009 and did not understand the Bible verses that I understand now because I practice my Catholic Faith as a devout Catholic.  Our Catholic Faith can only be understood by the enlightenment of the mind by the Holy Spirit which a person cannot do in their own.  I didn’t understand that before my reversion, I thought you could just read the Bible and be able to understand it, but I  witnessed this for myself by comparing how I just understood the Bible better after my reversion because the Holy Spirit came to me.  If you are interested in learning more about what I’m saying, Scott Hahn is a Protestant convert to the Catholic Faith and is excellent in explaining things.  He’s in YouTube and he has a great book called Rome Sweet Home that has explained and addressed questions of the Catholic Faith far better than I could.

Again, I publish this to show you what the Catholics believe.

The reader who sent me this is not unique in her beliefs.  In fact, she summarizes quite well what I hear from many Catholics in the comments to my article.

Look at #1, when you really press them, the Catholics will tell you that faith in Jesus is not enough.  You need faith in Jesus PLUS the Catholic Church.

Look at what I bolded up above….they believe there is NO salvation unless you have faith in Jesus AND the Catholic Church.

Sorry folks, but that contradicts major verses in the Bible:

John 3:16
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

John 14:6
“Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’”

Acts 4:12
“Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”

Romans 10:9
“If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”

1 John 5:11-12
“And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.”

I cannot find one verse that says it’s Jesus PLUS the Catholic Church.

This is dangerous stuff folks!

I also see nothing in the Bible that says salvation is in any partial way due to Mary’s intercession.

When you boil it all down, I started asking one question to everyone in the comments….

People will present all sorts of nonsense on this topic to defend why they pray to Mary (as you’ve seen above) but no one will answer this one simple question:

I must have posted that at least 5 times and not one single answer.

And I think that says it all.

Catholics, be mad all you want but I am perfectly happy and confident to stand on “Jesus Alone” and not on Mary or Angels or “the Saints”.

It doesn’t mean any of them are bad, it just means they are all created beings — and we do not elevate created beings into a position where it’s “Jesus PLUS Angels or Mary or Saints”.

Very dangerous road, and I publish this to try to make sure you don’t continue going down that road.

There is ONE NAME….and one name alone.  Not one name plus a bunch of other things.

Acts 4:12
“Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”

Be mad at me all you want Catholics, “Here I stand, I can do no other.”

Here was my original report:

Catholics Give Most Absurd Reason Yet For “Praying To Mary”

Catholics Give Most Absurd Reason Yet For “Praying To Mary”

There are two things that always get me in big trouble around here when I write about them…

One is calling out the Freemasons.

People get irrationally mad when I do that, viscerally, emotionally angry at me!

The second is when I tell the Catholics they should really stop praying to Mary and to Angels.

They get almost equally mad at me.

But….we have a mission around here and that is to print the truth wherever we find it, and the truth is that the Bible NEVER tells you to pray to Mary or to pray to Angels.

It doesn’t instruct it.

It doesn’t permit it.

In fact, it specifically says NOT to do that.

But the Catholics just really like doing it and so they do it anyway.

And the reasons they come up with for doing it are about as broad as you can imagine, but the latest one I just came across is perhaps the worst and most blasphemous one I’ve ever heard.

Meet Father David Michael, or at least that’s what I assume his name is based on the video below.

In the video below, Father David Michael says he is in fact a Catholic Priest, and although he looks like he’s 15 years old and he talks about calling his mom a lot, he appears to be an adult Catholic Priest.

He’s certainly wearing the outfit, but that doesn’t always mean anything.

Anyway….Father David Michael says that the reason Catholics can and should pray to Mary is because Jesus just sometimes gets busy!

I mean, cut the guy some slack, he’s got to really have his hands full running the world and all, so sometimes he just gets a little tied up!

And if Jesus is busy, you can get his attention….by calling his mother!

Just phone up Mary and then she will scold Jesus and tell him to get his act together and get back to you quicker.

Folks, I wish I were mocking and exaggerating what I just said, but that’s literally a verbatim transcript of what this guy just said.

Watch here:

It’s such a bad take, I almost don’t even know where to begin…

Is this what they are teaching now in Seminaries?

The irony is, it reminds me exactly of Elijah taunting the prophets of Ba’al in 1 Kings 18.  Remember this?

27 At noon Elijah began to taunt them. “Shout louder!” he said. “Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or traveling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened.”

The sad irony though is that this was Elijah taunting the other prophets for their inept “god”.

How far we’ve fallen since then….

Now we have a Catholic Priest who must not have ever read this chapter of the Bible trying to promote what Elijah used as mockery as doctrine to support praying to Mary.

So sad!

And in case we need it, here’s a backup:

Gee, how many heresies can you jam into 53 seconds?

The all-mighty, all-powerful creator of the Universe sometimes just gets too busy to hear your prayers?

But Mary can hear them just fine?

And then Mary will just scold Jesus like a shrill Jewish mother and tell him what to do?

YIKES!

Look folks, I know you Catholics really love praying to Mary and the Angels, I know it’s like a security blanket for you, the cosmic equivalent of sucking your thumb, but you really need to stop.

It’s completely unbiblical.

It’s heretical.

And it also is just silly….

Mary is a 100% human being who is now in heaven.  She is not a “god”.  She cannot hear your prayers.  You are literally praying to no one and just wasting your time if you think she can hear you.  It’s silly.

I’ve written much more about it here:

MEMO TO THE CATHOLICS: Please Stop Praying To Mary and Angels

MEMO TO THE CATHOLICS: Please Stop Praying To Mary and Angels

This post may ruffle some feathers, and I am ok with that…

We have one founding Mission around here that is paramount to everything else: Print the Truth.

That’s what we’ve done since Day 1 back in 2015 and that’s what we’ll do for the next 50 years as long as I remain in the Editor’s chair.

Print the truth without bias….

Without censorship….

Wherever we find it, whether that’s in politics, religion…anywhere!

So today I have to tackle a tough topic with the Catholics, but I do it out of love and in furtherance of our Mission.

I also want to say Catholics are good people and despite my disagreement with them on this point, they are absolutely still Christians.  And they are of course always welcome here, just as everyone is, even if we disagree on something.

Ok, so with all of those disclaimers out of the way, let’s jump right in….

It all started a few days ago when I posted this article:

President Trump Posts Prayer To Saint Michael The Archangel

The Catholics were NOT happy with me when I commented that as a baby Christian I don’t think President Trump knows any better and his heart is in the right place, but the Catholics have had centuries to fix this and they still continue to pray to Mary and to Angels.

Well, that did not go over well….

The Catholics came out in full force in the comments section and boy did it get spicy (as I knew it would)!

What I quickly learned was that not even all of them agree, and *most* simply had an emotional reaction.

Most simply have always prayed to Mary and prayed to Angels because it’s their tradition, it’s what they were taught.  They can’t really defend it and they get very emotional when told it might be wrong.

If possible, I’d like to take as much emotion out of it and simply offer the Catholics some food for thought.

Why?

Because I do think it’s very important.

I don’t believe it rises to the level of a core salvation issue, you can (wrongly) pray to Mary and believe in Jesus and still end up in Heaven, but wouldn’t you like to fix things now if your compass was off?

So that’s the goal of this article.

I have no doubt a brand new firestorm will erupt in the comments section of this article, and I’m ok with that.  But I have to publish this article.

I want to start with the most common theme I read from all the Catholics in the last article, which was basically this:  “We don’t really pray to Mary, we just ask her to intercede for us on our behalf.  What’s wrong with that?  Haven’t you ever asked a friend to pray for you?  Same thing!”

I’d love to address that.

The first thing that’s wrong with that is it’s in direct conflict with 1 Timothy 2:5 which says the following:
“For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus.” (NIV)

It’s almost as if God knew some people would try to pray to Mary or pray to Angels and so he put this verse in the Bible as a caution.

The finished work of Jesus is sufficient, you don’t need to add anything to it!

You don’t need Jesus + Mary.

As I told one person, I very good rule of thumb for anything theological, is any time you find yourself doing the formula of needing “Jesus + _____” you’re probably in dangerous territory.

Jesus alone is sufficient.

In the Old Testament, man needed a mediator with God.

After the death and resurrection of Jesus, 1 Timothy 2:5 tells us now there is only ONE mediator between God and mankind, and it doesn’t involve Mary as the relay rally assistant.  Do not cheapen the finished work of Jesus Christ.

It reminds of that classic “What would you say you DO here” scene from Office Space — where the one guy’s job is completely unnecessary:

Funny clip to prove a point — you don’t need an intermediary just like “Initech” didn’t need that employee.

Ok, moving on….

Next up, let’s talk basic logistics.

For the people who say they just ask Mary to pray for them and it’s just like asking a friend to pray for you, let’s talk about that.

Mary is a human who lived, died and by all accounts is now in Heaven.  On that we agree, right?

While she played an incredibly special role in the Bible and in human history, there is absolutely nothing at all in the Bible to suggest she had any “super human” abilities or that she is “Godlike” in Heaven.

In other words, there is absolutely no evidence of any kind to suggest Mary can hear your prayers in the first place!  She is one human being who is not omniscient, omnipresent or omni-powerful.  There is ZERO evidence of any kind, certainly nothing in the Bible, to suggest now that Mary is up in Heaven with the ability to hear millions of Catholic prayers all day long.

Don’t you think that’s a bit silly?

My dead Grandfather cannot hear my prayers.

Neither can Mary.

So to answer the question “how is it different from asking my friend to pray for me?” — the answer is very simple: they can hear me and respond.

In addition, Deuteronomy 18:10-12 specifically prohibits “consulting with the dead”:

“Let no one be found among you who sacrifices their son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord; because of these same detestable practices the Lord your God will drive out those nations before you.” (Deuteronomy 18:10-12, NIV)

We typically think of that as talking to mediums or diving spirits, but thinking you are are sending messages to Mary is also “consulting with the dead.”  Mary lived 2000 years ago.  Her human body is currently dead.  Depending on what you believe about when we go to Heaven, she is either in Heaven right now or will be.  But the Bible makes clear you are not to be consulting with her.

Ok moving on….

You know what would be really nice and could quickly settle this thing?

If Jesus in the Bible ever gave us a template for praying.

That would really clear things up!

I sure do wish…..OH!  Wait a minute!  He did!

Oh wait a minute, oh gee this is embarrassing….it appears I am completely off base.  I must apologize to the Catholics.  I am consulting with the LORD’s Prayer and I clearly see now that it starts off with “Hail Mary, full of grace”….

Oh wait, no it doesn’t!

It actually goes like this, doesn’t it?

“Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.”
(Matthew 6:9-13, NIV)

Folks, Jesus taught us the format for how to pray and it did not include praying to Mary or to Angels.

Now let’s talk about Angels for a minute.

Are we to pray to them?

The Bible makes clear in multiple places that we are not to Worship Angels:

  • Revelation 19:9-10
    Then the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!” And he added, “These are the true words of God.” At this I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, “Don’t do that! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers and sisters who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God!”
    Here, the angel explicitly tells John not to worship him, redirecting John’s worship to God.
  • Revelation 22:8-9
    I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I had heard and seen them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had been showing them to me. But he said to me, “Don’t do that! I am a fellow servant with you and with your fellow prophets and with all who keep the words of this scroll. Worship God!”
    Once again, John attempts to worship an angel, but the angel immediately tells him to stop and directs him to worship God alone.

And I know they Catholics say “we don’t worship them, we just ask them for their help.”

As with Mary, there is exactly ZERO evidence of any kind, certainly none in the Bible, to suggest that Angels can “hear prayers”.

Beyond that, the verses above make it very clear that we are not to worship or pray to these beings — while they are powerful and special beings God created, the Angels themselves constantly say “I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers and sisters.”  You do not pray to fellow servants.  Sorry, you just don’t.

To wrap things up, I thought it might be fun to turn to one of my favorite Biblical authorities, Dr. Michael Heiser.

Sadly, Dr. Heiser died a few years ago, and while he was a prolific publisher in written form and video/podcast, I wasn’t able to find a teaching he did on this topic.

So I did something really fun, and honestly it completely boggles my mind that we live in a world where we can do this — but we can.

I went to ChatGPT and I asked for it to give me a teaching in the voice, style and beliefs of Dr. Michael Heiser on whether or not we should pray to Mary or to Angels.  And what it gave me is INCREDIBLE!

If you are familiar with Dr. Heiser’s teachings and know his “voice” you’ll see ChatGPT captured this perfectly.  I can literally hear him speaking as I read this.

So I leave you with this, from a virtual “Dr. Heiser”.

A man a bit kinder and a lot smarter than me to really take this home:

“Alright, folks, today we’re going to talk about a topic that often stirs up a lot of questions in Christian circles: the practice of praying to Mary and to angels. This is something that many Catholics do, and it’s worth looking at this through the lens of Scripture.

Now, let me just start by saying that Mary is incredibly important in the biblical story. She is, after all, the mother of Jesus—the Messiah. But we need to make a distinction here. What does the Bible actually say about Mary’s role, and is there any biblical precedent for praying to her?

When we go to the text, we see that Mary is honored as someone who is blessed among women, and she is called the “Mother of my Lord” by Elizabeth in Luke 1. That’s high praise, and it’s deserved. But here’s the key thing: there’s no place in the New Testament where we are told to pray to Mary. In fact, prayer is always directed to God.

The Bible is really clear on who our mediator is. Paul, in his letter to Timothy, says that there is one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus (1 Timothy 2:5). That’s a pretty strong statement—one mediator. Not two, not three. Just one. So when we’re talking about prayer, biblically, it’s supposed to go directly to God, through Jesus Christ. That’s the pattern we’re given.

Now, let’s talk about angels for a moment. Angels are real—there’s no debate there. I’ve spent much of my career studying the unseen realm and the spiritual beings that populate the Bible. Angels are part of God’s divine council. They serve as messengers, as warriors, and sometimes they carry out God’s will in the material world. They are important figures in the spiritual realm, no doubt about it.

But, again, what does the Bible say about praying to angels? You won’t find a passage that instructs believers to pray to angels. The Bible is quite clear that angels are God’s servants. They are powerful, yes, but they aren’t supposed to be the recipients of our prayers. In fact, when John, in the book of Revelation, tries to bow down to an angel, the angel tells him to stop, saying, “Don’t do that! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers and sisters who hold to the testimony of Jesus” (Revelation 19:10). So angels themselves reject that kind of veneration.

Prayer is something that is reserved for God alone. Prayer is a form of worship, and worship is supposed to be directed toward the Creator, not the creation. Angels are part of creation, just like us, though they are in the spiritual realm. And while they may assist us, they don’t have the power to answer prayers. That’s God’s job.

I understand that some of these practices come from long-standing traditions, especially within Catholicism. And I’m not here to pick a fight with Catholic theology—I think it’s important to understand where these traditions come from. But as someone who is committed to the authority of Scripture, I have to ask: are these practices supported by the biblical text? And the answer is no, they aren’t.

What we see in the New Testament is that Jesus is our mediator. He’s the one who intercedes for us before the Father. Hebrews 4:16 says we can approach the throne of grace with confidence because of Jesus, and it’s through Him that we receive help in our time of need. Jesus doesn’t need help to mediate for us. He doesn’t need a co-mediator. That’s not how it’s set up in the New Testament.

So, to wrap this up, while it’s clear that Mary and the angels have their roles in God’s divine plan, when it comes to prayer, we need to be focused on God. God is the one who hears and answers our prayers, and that’s something that’s made possible through Jesus, who is our mediator and high priest. Praying to anyone else—whether it’s Mary, angels, or any other spiritual being—just isn’t supported by the Bible.

And that’s really the heart of the issue. We want to stay faithful to what Scripture teaches, and when it comes to prayer, the Bible directs us to God and God alone. Thanks for listening.”

I’ll see you down in the comments section!

Noah out.



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